Magnus Paajarvi is no longer a restricted free agent, signing a two-year contract with the St. Louis Blues weeks after being traded for David Perron.

“Magnus is a well-rounded player who has good size and great skating ability,” Blues general manager Doug Armstrong said July 10 after acquiring Paajarvi from the Edmonton Oilers. “He is just coming into his own and this will open up more ice time for Jaden (Schwartz) and Vladimir (Tarasenko).”

Paajarvi scored nine goals and 16 points in 42 games for the Oilers last season.

In his 163-game career, the native of Sweden has 26 goals and 58 points.

AHLERS TO BOOST LIGHTNING

Tampa Bay Lightning general manager Steve Yzerman is likely to fill out his roster with players from the team’s AHL affiliate in Syracuse.

And it all depends on how many players head coach Jon Cooper keeps at each position.

Yzerman decided not to sign free agents to fill out the rest of the Lightning’s roster, opting instead to promote from within.

“Some of them have played two full years in the minors and done very well. I have to give them an opportunity to take a step forward right now.”

DUCKS HAVE ROOM FOR SELANNE

It’s not where Teemu Selanne will play next season, it’s if the Finnish Flash will return to the Anaheim Ducks or hang up his skates.

Selanne, 43, is in no hurry to decide his hockey future. In recent years, he has announced his return to the game in the middle of summer, inking one-year deals to play in Anaheim.

“I want Teemu to play if he’s 100% sure he wants to play,” Ducks general managers Bob Murray told NHL.com. “If he’s not sure, if he’s not feeling ... when you get to that age, he’s got to want it bad. If he’s sure he wants it bad, then we’ll make it work, whatever I have to do.”

If Selanne decides to retire, he would leave the league following 20 seasons and 1,387 career games, where he scored 675 goals and 1,430 points with the Winnipeg Jets, San Jose Sharks, Colorado Avalanche and Ducks.

KNUBLE’S CAREER OVER?

Mike Knuble is fine if he doesn’t play another season in the NHL.

The veteran forward was in the same predicament last season before signing with the Philadelphia Flyers on Jan. 25 during the lockout-shortened season.

“I think last year I had a lot more hope that something was going to happen,” Knuble told the Grand Rapids Press. “This year I’m being more realistic about it. The fact is you’ve turned 41 ... now you feel a little more able to just roll with whatever is going to happen.”

Knuble, who had four goals and eight points in 28 games last season, would rather not move his family out of East Grand Rapids, Mich. That would mean limiting the number of teams that would be interested in him.

“I never want to move away to the east coast,” he said. “I don’t mind some travel, some commute. But realistically, the options are Detroit and Chicago. And from everything I’ve read, they can barely fit in the guys they have ... it’s not like they’re hurting for players.”

BRIEFLY

The San Jose Sharks re-signed forwards Bracken Kearns and Marek Viedensky to one-year contracts ... The Phoenix Coyotes renewed their one-year affiliation agreement with the Gwinnett Gladiators of the ECHL.